 Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' spreckl'd...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 158by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...PLOUGH. WEs, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is...sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet, Bending thee 'inang the dewy weet ! Wi' speckl'd breast, When .upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east.... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...DAISY. " Wee, modest, crimson- tipped flower, Thou'st met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my power, Thou bonnie gem. " Alas! it's no' thy neebor sweet, The bounie lark, companion meet, Bending... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure b Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. • Wee, little, b Stoure, dust, dirt. R2 Alas ! it's no thy neebor c sweet, The bonnie lark, companion... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...APRIL, I786. WEE, modest, crimson-tipped flower, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem; To spare thee now is past my power, Thou honnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neehur swuet, The honnie lark, companion meet ! Bending... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's not thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet...weet ! Wi' spreckled breast, When upward-springing, blithe to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble birth... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...DAISY. WEE, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou'st met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's not thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' spreckled... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - Flower language - 1842 - 304 pages
...BURNS. SMALL, modest, crimson-tipped flower, Thou'st met me in an evil hour, For I must crush among the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my power, Thou bonny gem ! Alas! 'tis not thy neighbour sweet, The bonny lark, companion meet, Bending... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...sentiment. " Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is...companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' spreck1'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe to greet The purpling east. DD 3 " Cauld blew the bitter-biting... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...FLOCOB. "Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou 's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! its no' thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi'... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...PLOUGH. Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou 's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush among the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! its no' thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi'... | |
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